Defer /(?)/
De·fer
Defer
v. t.
imp. & p. p. Deferred; p. pr. & vb. n. Deferring
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To put off; to postpone to a future time; to delay the execution of; to delay; to withhold.
Defer the spoil of the city until night.
God . . . will not long defer To vindicate the glory of his name.
Defer
v. i.
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To put off; to delay to act; to wait.
Pius was able to defer and temporize at leisure.
Defer
v. t.
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To render or offer. [Obs.]
Worship deferred to the Virgin.
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To lay before; to submit in a respectful manner; to refer; -- with to.
Hereupon the commissioners . . . deferred the matter to the Earl of Northumberland.
Defer
v. i.
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To yield deference to the wishes of another; to submit to the opinion of another, or to authority; -- with to.
The house, deferring to legal right, acquiesced.